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Job Descrption

The post holder is expected to have experience in oncology. The post would suit a trainee in either clinical or medical oncology, who envisages a future career as a clinical researcher involved in academic clinical trial development and translational research, and who wishes to build her or his knowledge and skills to support this career path.

Main duties of the job
• Develop clinical research skills in order to propose, design and develop academic institutional and/or multicentre clinical trials with support from the consultants and experienced statisticians and trial managers working within the Neuro-oncology unit
• Develop grant writing skills for peer reviewed funding and/or endorsement of academic clinical and translational studies. This includes understanding how to appropriately cost a study and attribute the costs of healthcare research as required by major research funders
• Develop skills to design translational research protocols in collaboration with clinician scientists... and statisticians

About us

The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre specialising in cancer in the UK.

Our mission is to continue to make a national and international contribution to cancer research and treatment, so that more people are cured and quality of life is improved for those with cancer. The Royal Marsden therefore plays an important role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education and leading-edge treatment.

The Trust's annual budget is £360 million and we employ over 3,500 staff, including 335 medical staff, across two sites located in Chelsea and Sutton (Surrey). Over 50,000 patients attend The Royal Marsden each year. We provide community services across the Borough of Sutton. We have a Chemotherapy Medical Daycare Unit at Kingston Hospital.

We have a reputation for delivering high quality performance. We were ranked joint first in the CQC national inpatient survey results, above average in national cancer patient experience survey and ranked first amongst teaching hospitals in the UK for our staff survey results.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find the Job Description & Person Specification for further details on what the job will entail.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential
• Eligible for full GMC registration.
• MRCP or equivalent

Desirable
• Trainee in medical oncology, or clinical oncology (ideally with FRCR)

Experience

Essential
• Management of cancer patients including radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
• Training at specialist registrar level.

Desirable
• Postgraduate teaching.

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential
• Ability and willingness to work within a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable
• Previous experience of clinical trials and management of patients on clinical trials

Personal qualities

Essential
• Commitment to participate actively in clinical research and collaborate in translational research.

Any other factors relating to this post

Essential
• Experience and interest in neurooncology.

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton

Sutton

SM2 5PT

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